Police run next door to find woman beaten

Published: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 at 11:30 a.m.

Last Modified: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 at 11:30 a.m.

Warrants have been issued for a Hendersonville man who police say fled the scene of an assault, leaving his beaten girlfriend crying in an apartment practically next door to the police station Monday night.

Dispatch officers at the Hendersonville Police Department received a complaint of a female screaming and the "sound of somebody being thrown against the wall" at the former Skyland Hotel around 8:13 p.m. Capt. Bruce Simonds said that when officers arrived at 538 N. Main St. they could hear a "female screaming behind the door," but no one answered when they knocked.

When they entered the room, he said, they found the female "crying with a black eye" and "obvious marks on her neck." The victim told police that her boyfriend had assaulted her, but he fled the scene. The victim refused medical treatment, Simonds said.

Arrest warrants have been issued for Corel Tee Thomas, 25, who faces a felony charge of assault by strangulation, felony larceny and misdemeanor assault on a female. He is scheduled to appear in Henderson County District Court tomorrow on an unrelated charge of misdemeanor assault on a female.

<p>Warrants have been issued for a Hendersonville man who police say fled the scene of an assault, leaving his beaten girlfriend crying in an apartment practically next door to the police station Monday night.</p><p>Dispatch officers at the Hendersonville Police Department received a complaint of a female screaming and the "sound of somebody being thrown against the wall" at the former Skyland Hotel around 8:13 p.m. Capt. Bruce Simonds said that when officers arrived at 538 N. Main St. they could hear a "female screaming behind the door," but no one answered when they knocked.</p><p>When they entered the room, he said, they found the female "crying with a black eye" and "obvious marks on her neck." The victim told police that her boyfriend had assaulted her, but he fled the scene. The victim refused medical treatment, Simonds said.</p><p>Arrest warrants have been issued for Corel Tee Thomas, 25, who faces a felony charge of assault by strangulation, felony larceny and misdemeanor assault on a female. He is scheduled to appear in Henderson County District Court tomorrow on an unrelated charge of misdemeanor assault on a female.</p><p>Reach Weaver at emily.weaver@blueridgenow.com or 828-694-7867.</p>